On the evening of February 10, Beijing time, the Chinese women's basketball team in Belgrade, Serbia, ended the first game of the World Cup qualifier, and finally the Chinese women's basketball girls defeated the African champion Nigeria women's basketball team 90-76 relatively easily to achieve a good start. Six members of the team scored in double figures, Li Meng scored 19 points on 6 three-pointers, Han Xu scored 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting, and Li Yueru also scored 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting.
The starting lineup of the Chinese women's basketball team is Li Yueru, Yang Liwei, Li Meng, Huang Sijing and Wang Siyu. In the opening stage, both teams paid more attention to defense, until after 3 minutes of playing, the Chinese women's basketball team relied on consecutive three points to open the situation, and Li Yueru, who was 2 meters 01 inside, also showed his dominance at both ends of the attack and defense, and Li Yueru easily scored 15 points in the first quarter of the game, even more than the Nigerian team.
The Chinese women's basketball team opened a 29-14 point difference in the first quarter, in addition to Li Yueru's deterrent power, the women's basketball girls in the first quarter were also very sharp in their three-point shots of 4 of 7.
In the second quarter, the Nigerian women's basketball girls had a good counterattack momentum, but Han Xu, who was 2 meters 07, played a similar role to Li Yueru after a brief adaptation, and Li Meng, the main scorer of the women's singles, bombed 15 points with a three-pointer of 7 out of 5 in the first half, and the Chinese women's basketball team led by 18 points 54-36 at halftime.
In the third quarter of the game due to the large point difference, head coach Zheng Wei began to rotate players in a large area, playing to the happy Han Xu's three-point shot can also be easily hit, the Chinese women's basketball girls have led by 29 points at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Nigeria used the opportunity of the Chinese women's basketball team to adjust the lineup and once chased some points, but the Chinese women's basketball team still won the game relatively easily 90-76 after the suspension adjustment.
Statistically, Li Meng, who has the nickname of the female version of James, got 19 points, played curry's feeling in this game, 6 of 10 three-pointers, whether it is when points are needed or when the point difference is pulled apart, Li Meng's three points can always come like rain in time. The other two centers, Li Yueru, scored 19 points and Han Xu scored 15 points, and their presence gave the Chinese women's basketball team enough inside advantage.
With the Chinese women's basketball team in the same group there are France, Nigeria, Mali 3 teams, of which Mali team is only ranked 40th in the world, the overall strength is relatively weak, in the same group of 4 teams in the top 3 can be promoted to the World Cup in the pattern of the Chinese women's basketball team in the next round to defeat Mali and there is no suspense, then the Chinese women's basketball team will officially qualify for the World Cup.